HR Mogherini condolences to Russia

“I was deeply shocked to hear of the inconceivable attack against Ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara this afternoon. Our fullest sympathies are with his family, all his colleagues, and the Russian authorities. The European Union condemns in the strongest possible manner this attack against your country’s representative in Turkey. We wish to express our solidarity with Russia in the face of this criminal act of violence” – says statement of HR Féderica Mogherini on assassination of Russian ambassador in Turkey Andrey Karlov. The message was sent to Sergey Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation after the news of the Ambassador’s assassination in Ankara, during the inauguration of the photo exhibition, while late Amb.Karlov was delivering a speech.